Improvement in door-hangers and rails



T. P. HAMILTON. DOOR HANGER AND RAIL.

No. 111,342. Patented Jan. 31, 1871.

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I To all whom it may concern.- w r Be it known that I, THZOMAG FostrnnfHammom 2 and3, v t Drepresents a hanger-frame, of. usual construction,

time sum THOMAS FOSTER HAMILTON, or GENESEO ILLINOIS LettersPatent No.11 ,342, dated January 31', 1871.

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mmaammpm amms of Geneseo, in the county of Henry and'in the'State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful ,I m-v provements inDoor-Hangers and .Rails; and do hereby declare that the following-is afull, clean: and exact description thereof, reference being had to theaccompanying drafiing making a part of'this specificae; tion, inwhich-'- I I i 4} Figure l is a front elevation of y improved dev vice:

, yFigm'e 2-is a vertical central section :of'thesame,

Figure 3 ism-Pia! 8576mm pb 'rfsideor the rail.

steadiness and durability toadoor-hange'r; and

of a tongued pulley, substantially as is. hereinafter shownand-described. i In the annexed drawing V g h i 2X represents therai'l',"f0rmed of two parallel bars, a, connected together at their baseby means of suit-- able lugs, B, through the latter of which pass thescrews used for securing said' rail to its supporting beam 0.

Between the balsa is a space, having-a width] united thickness, as seenin figs. v

about equal to their within which is pivoted a pulley,-'E, having uponits peripherytwo right-angled rebates or grooves, e,be-

. tween whichis'lefi; a tongue, '0, corresponding in width to the spacebetween the barsc.

Q As thus constructed, when-placed upon the'iaihtuev gre'ovesc receivethe barstqwhile'the tongue 0' runs "inthe space a between said rails.

a The especial t advantages claimed for this ama largely-increaseddurabilit rSecond, the tongue of. the'pulley fitting :between V thebarsoi. the rail prevents the hangeror'doo'r from" twisting, and muchlessens the liability of their get ting oil the track or becomingotherwise deranged; j

5'1 r'd, 'the 'wheel 'is'fniore easily'inolded. and weighs less,.-.bywhich means its costis materially reduced e I p "Fourth, from the'ch'st'ruetion of the rail n'eit er fll Letters of like name an'dlkindrefer'te like parts in each of the figures. r f v Lillhe object 'of.-myinvention'is to give increased? dirt 3101' water can remain upon or:around it,'an'd thereby all liability-to obstrnc'tion from these caus'seis avoided.

g V (Fitthlivhne possessing these advantages, the de- It consists intheemployment of a doublerail and 'q -The double op'en rail.A, incombination with? the tongued pulley E, substantially as and for thepur- -p'ose specified. v

{{In"testimony that I claim the foregoing I havehereuuto set my handthis 6th day of October, 1870.

THOS. FOS1 ER HAMILTON. .Witnesses V 4 G. B. SMITH O. L., HAMILTOJS.

